I liked 0:00 to 0:03. I cant really comment on the throwing part that was going on from 0:04 onwards I thought it looked odd even considering that it wasn't timed but I dunno I haven't watched much dance vids so someone else might want to comment on that.I really liked the "ah" part at 0:09+ and 0:11+ is obviously mandatory Imagine all the people that watch this video spill on their monitors even if they disliked that part or were offended the achieved effect would still be cool xD

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Umh seems very flat the video,trying to do some zoom, and put some more dynamic scene

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and the lip sync at the end seems wrong xD

You didn't read the part where I said there were NO effects and that it was just a RAW edit...

I'm sticking with a particular theme of choice, and that is what you see. The dynamic scenes of Mirai Nikki are quite violent and/or extremely inappropriate. I went as non-violent/non-inappropriate as the show would allow me without it being irrelevant.

This is a beta, it is not completed, it is only showing that I am working on it.

EDIT: So I realized you might think, "So why did you choose it if it's so borderline?" Well, I chose Mirai Nikki as a starter source because it really was the only one of my sources that I thought could fit that hasn't been taken.

EDIT #2: Sorry if this post seemed hostile at all. No hostility meant at all.

This, I couldnt get into at all hardly. Just really slow and the scene switching to the beat seemed off. But I see where you are going with it. To me it just looked like one run on scene with little editing.

Also, in the future, avoid upping the video to youtube. Whether it is set to private or not. For future reference, upload all videos to sendspace and then send them to each member in the MEP through PM.

This, I couldnt get into at all hardly. Just really slow and the scene switching to the beat seemed off. But I see where you are going with it. To me it just looked like one run on scene with little editing.

Also, in the future, avoid upping the video to youtube. Whether it is set to private or not. For future reference, upload all videos to sendspace and then send them to each member in the MEP through PM.

Yeah, the youtube was just to show you that I had something in the works, don't worry twilight, that's not the final product or even close to it, I intend to move the scenes more interestingly and add some effects. As long as you see what I am intending to accomplish as my endgame goal and approve of it, that's all I need to move forward on editing it. Shall I?

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Aside from Kev, there wasn't actually any further comment on my PoC. Both posted PoCs look a bit slow to me, but then, admittedly, I rewatched my own, and I see where I need to add some more rotoscoping to bring up the pace. May need to fiddle more with Koume's goose stepping. I was trying to go for a direct parallel to the video with those scenes of Psy doing a similar march step... And of course, I still have black space for the second op op opop phrase. She rarely wears a sailor fuku (most of the footage I've used is from a dream sequence), so I need to find a way to rotoscope her into more appearances like I've done with the first phrase...

Specifically to Iron Solari, there doesn't seem to be enough internal sync. I agree the choices are too static. Following Twilight's original description, I was hoping to see more dancing, prancing, etc. It'd work great if this was a pool scene with synchronised swimming, or if you could make it resemble the scene from the original video where Psy is in the jjimjilbang (sauna, for you non-Hangul speaking folks... one of the few things I miss about Korea, but Japan has some nice ones too, just more expensive). Then it might be really funny...

In the others' defense, I had a head start. Like I said earlier in the thread, I had actually already started editing to this. To be blunt though, there's not enough footage of Koume doing crazy stuff for me to have made the entire video without nonstop rotoscoping the entire thing, so as a small track of an MEP, it pretty much fits perfectly.

Also, you may find it amusing, I've been to two of the four buildings where she "OPs" and I've also been to Sensouji (where she is attacked by pigeons) many times, it's actually one of my favorite spots in Tokyo.

Iron Solari wrote:I have no problems scrapping this beta/proof of concept if you guys don't want that sort of thing. I'll have to go digging around for a different source in my folder/dvds though.

What do you guys think I should do? (I do have Nichijou/Lucky Star as two of my options and both seem quite good in this senario).

I find the beta quite fun and fitting,clean edit,good lip sync,i am not so experienced as an editor but I like the mood it gives,sum colours and sum pan/crop here and there might make it better ....i think